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5. You're just as sarcastic as I am!

Unless of course you're serious, in which case I wonder why such an authoritarian would be here at DU.

The issue of due process was a) part of the reason for the War of Independence in the first place, and b) the reason that the Antifederalists demanded a bill of rights be appended to the US Constitution.

Did you agree with all of the Bush Administrations tortuous legal justifications for their egregious breaches of the Constitution? Do you think that Congress upholding an unconstitutional action makes it A-OK?

The persons killed by drone strike without regard to their Constitutionally guaranteed right to due process were Muslims. So it's OK? They were potentially plotting against the united States, so it's OK? They were dispatched without due process, without access to counsel, without any warning that their actions might make them targets of military action (unlike other treasonous citizens in the past), so GOSH DARN IT, it's different. GOSH DARN IT, it's novel. GOSH DARN IT, it sets a precedent for future Executive action.

4. +1

7. That's a reference to Bill Maher's sarcastic reference to President Obama from the GOP perspective.

I'm not calling Obama that myself, but if there were ever a reason to impeach a President, you'd think that extrajudicial killings would rise to that level. My point is that the people who'd most love to find a way to displace Barack Obama from the White House won't utter a peep against this tyrannical use of military force.

Due process is important. That's why the Founders went to all the trouble of amending the Constitution for the sixth time.